JAYNE BRAY, et al. v. ALEXANDRIA WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC et al. (1993)

JAYNE BRAY, et al. v. ALEXANDRIA WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC et al.
	Term: 1992
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1991
	Decided: January 13, 1993
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • David Souter
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

JAYNE BRAY, et al. v. ALEXANDRIA WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1993. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1991.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Health organization or person, nursing home, medical clinic or laboratory, chiropractor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 506 U.S. 263
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.